'....Emma was quick and adaptable. She had the natural advantages of beautiful dark eyes and shining hair, a neat figure, a vital intelligence, an innate friendliness and good taste. At Mrs Ainslie’s school for young ladies in Swanston Street where she was a boarder for several years, Emma learned French and Italian, drawing and music, 23 Lessons in elocution and deportment prepared her for entry into the polite society of early Melbourne. Yet for all her beauty and charm, she depended on the right marriage to safeguard her fortune from predators....' (passage taken from 'The Matriach' - part one)
'....Emma was quick and adaptable. She had the natural advantages of beautiful dark eyes and shining hair, a neat figure, a vital intelligence, an innate friendliness and good taste. At Mrs Ainslie’s school for young ladies in Swanston Street where she was a boarder for several years, Emma learned French and Italian, drawing and music, 23 Lessons in elocution and deportment prepared her for entry into the polite society of early Melbourne. Yet for all her beauty and charm, she depended on the right marriage to safeguard her fortune from predators....' (passage taken from 'The Matriach' - part one)
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In loving memory of the Honourable William Arthur Callander a'BECKETT born 7 Jul 1833 died 16 Dec 1901 eldest son of Sir William a'BECKETT, C.J. who lies buried in Norwood Cemetery, England and his wife Emily, buried at St. Peter's Newtown, Sydney, N.S.W. and of his wife Emma born 9 Jan 1838 died 26 Feb 1906 also their younger son Arthur Heywood a'BECKETT died 8 Apr 1939 and his beloved wife Beatrice Isabel 16 Dec 1870 to 24 Dec 1938. [Register gives burial date of William as 16.12.1900][BDMs give 1901]
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